The Crystal Trench. Poster of the 1959 movie and cover of the 1915 book
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The Crystal Trench
A.E.W. Mason, 1915
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Alfred Hitchcock, 1959

While staying at an Alpine ski resort, English mountain climber Mark learns that a fellow Englishman, a young climber, has perished on a nearby mountain, his body awaiting retrieval. Mark breaks the news to the dead man’s pretty young widow, Stella, before setting off to recover the corpse. The attempt to fetch the body is botched, the corpse falling from the mountain deep into a crevasse below, making it irrecoverable.


The Howling. Poster of the 1981 movie and cover of the 1977 book
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The Howling
Gary Brandner, 1977
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Joe Dante, 1981

Karen White is a Los Angeles television news anchor who is being stalked by a serial murderer named Eddie Quist. In cooperation with the police, she takes part in a scheme to capture Eddie by agreeing to meet him in a sleazy porno theater. After a near deadly encounter with the serial killer, Karen is sent to a remote mountain resort whose residents may not be what they seem.


A View to a Kill. Poster of the 1985 movie and cover of the 1960 book, From a View to a Kill
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From a View to a Kill
Ian Fleming, 1960
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John Glen, 1985

James Bond is sent to Siberia to locate the body of 003 and recover a Soviet microchip. Bond visits Ascot Racecourse to observe the company’s owner, Max Zorin. Through Tibbett, Bond meets with French private detective Achille Aubergine who informs Bond that Zorin is holding a horse sale later in the month.